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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to provide Vietnam with US $15 million to help in contagious disease control.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to provide Vietnam with US $15 million to help in contagious disease control. -
US Organisation presents scholarships to poor students
The Roever Educational Programme of the US, REAP International, has presented 40 scholarships, each worth 600,000 VND, to poor students in southern Binh Thuan, Ben Tre, Dong Nai and Tra Vinh provinces. -
Get-together celebrates neighbouring countries' lunar New Year
A get-together was held in Hanoi on April 7 to celebrate the traditional New Year festival of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, drawing a crowd of diplomatic corps, officials and students of these nationalities. -
Overseas Vietnamese in Laos get together
The Vietnamese State and Government always helps facilitate the overseas Vietnamese community in Laos in conformity with Lao legal regulations. -
Vietnamese water puppetry shines in France
Vietnam's water puppetry has attracted almost 1,000 French children to each show presented at the on-going Imagine Festival in Paris, said the festival's organising board. -
US to fund Vietnam mine clearance
The US plans to donate US$3.3 million to support the continuation of mine removal in Vietnam in fiscal year 2006, its embassy in Hanoi said in a press release on Tuesday. -
Viet Nam's population, poverty reduction achievements praised
Shin Sakurai, former Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD), spoke highly of Viet Nam's achievements in population affairs, hunger elimination and poverty reduction at a seminar in Ha Noi on April 5. -
Brunei prince donates $50,000 to Vietnam Agent Orange victims
Brunei's Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah and his wife Wednesday donated US$50,000 to the Vietnam Association for Agent Orange Victims to help its poor members. -
Australia holds trans-Vietnam tour to raise awareness of muscular dystrophy
Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Bill Tweddell yesterday waved a flag to start a race called ChallengeMD! with the participation of 32 Australian riders to raise money to help fight Muscular Dystrophy (MD) and raise awareness of MD. -
Australian exhibits sculpture in Hanoi
Australian artist Nerine Martini opened an exhibition in Hanoi Friday displaying her sculpture based on a traditional boat from the central Vietnamese town of Hoi An.
